18 * A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.
HUH?
A TRULY HAPPY PERSON IS ONE WHOSE OBSERVED THE BASIC RULES FOR A HAPPY LIFE AND RETIRED WITH A BOATLOAD OF DOUGH...TO WIT:
1. USE DEFERRED GRATIFICATION
2. DOLLAR COST AVERAGE AS EARLY IN LIFE AS YOU CAN INTO A WIDELY DIVERSIFIED STOCK PORTFOLIO
3. UNDERSTAND AND USE THE TIME VALUE OF MONEY
4. GET A JOB WITH A PENSION THAT PROVIDES YOU WITH AT LEAST A 3% YEARLY COMPOUNDED COLA
5. READ AND GENERALLY LIVE YOUR LIFE BY WHATS CONTAINED IN THE FOLLOWING BOOK: PSSSST...IT DOESN’T HAVE 4/5 STARS REVIEWS STARS FOR NUTHIN’
Getting Rich In America: Eight Simple Rules for Building a Fortune—And a Satisfying Life by Dwight R. Lee, Richard B. Mckenzie and Eric Conger (Feb 16, 2000)
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You need to update this, as such a job is going to be as hard to find and keep as a unicorn for most folks. The first 3 steps cover the needed financial security steps, and the 4th is both unneeded and wrong.
The advice about pensions should be turned on its head: Don't put your job and your retirement in the same risk basket; don't trust an employer pension. That you lose pension rights when you lose a job makes an employer pension an very high risk investment.